Principal Counsel, Employment & Corporate — North America (RTI / B2B Division)

About Agoda At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world. Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe.

Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide. No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation.

If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us. com, Agoda, Priceline, KAYAK, and OpenTable. We operate in more than 220 countries and territories, in over 40 languages.

Our mission is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. com, Priceline, and Agoda into a unified global platform serving airlines, travel management companies, online travel agencies, financial institutions, and other strategic partners. This is a rare opportunity for a fast-growing global B2B travel platform, owning the employment and litigation legal function for North America and serving as the team's on-the-ground expert in US law.

Reporting to the Legal Director, you'll work with significant autonomy. You'll be setting your own agenda, managing external counsel relationships, and acting as a trusted adviser to the business on US legal matters. The core of this role is employment and litigation, but you'll also pick up a range of ad hoc legal work as it arises: corporate, regulatory, competition, consumer protection, and other matters that come with operating a global technology company.

In this Role, You'll Get To Lead Employment Law for The Americas Serve as the primary legal adviser on all US employment matters, including hiring, terminations, workplace policies, accommodation requests, wage and hour compliance, and leave entitlements across federal and state law. Advise HR and People teams on day-to-day employment questions and escalations, identifying risk and providing clear, practical guidance. Monitor developments in US employment law and proactively update policies and practices to ensure continued compliance.

Instruct and manage external employment counsel on contentious matters, including EEOC charges, demand letters, and litigation. Manage Litigation & Disputes Own the management of litigation, regulatory investigations, and disputes across the Americas, and globally as required, coordinating with external counsel from initial engagement through resolution. Serve as the internal point of contact for litigation holds, service of process, and cross-functional responses to legal proceedings.

Provide strategic input on dispute resolution, settlement decisions, and risk management in collaboration with the Legal Director. Manage external counsel relationships: briefing, scoping, fee oversight, and ensuring outside advisers understand the company's commercial context. Support Ad Hoc US Legal Matters Advise on a range of US legal issues as they arise, including regulatory inquiries, consumer protection, competition, and e-commerce compliance.

Partner with global legal colleagues and cross-functional teams (HR, Finance, Compliance, Product) to identify legal risk and support business objectives. Provide in-person and virtual training to business colleagues on relevant US legal topics as needed. Contribute to legal projects and initiatives that span the broader B2B global legal function.